Samoa: flag, capital & map
Get to know Samoa, then put your memory to work.
Country facts
- Capital
- Apia
- Region
- Oceania
- Subregion
- Polynesia
- Population (2025, World Bank)
- 219,306
- Area
- 2,842 km²
- Languages (REST Countries)
- English, Samoan
- Currency (CLDR, October 2026)
- Samoan Tala (WST)
- Land neighbours
- No land neighbours listed in this snapshot.
Samoa is a country in Polynesia. Its capital is Apia.
Dated population: World Bank; geographic facts: REST Countries; currencies: Unicode CLDR. Sources and dates →
Flag of Samoa
The flag of Samoa has a red field. A blue rectangle, bearing a representation of the Southern Cross made up of five large and one smaller five-pointed white stars, is superimposed in the canton.
Where it is
Samoa is grouped in Polynesia, within Roam’s Oceania region. No land neighbours are listed in the source. The source classifies it as not landlocked.
Samoa has a recorded area of 2,842 square kilometres. Among the 3 countries assigned to Polynesia in this dataset, it ranks 1 by area, from largest to smallest. Tonga is immediately below it, at 747 km². This comparison uses the source’s area figures and subregions, not a ranking of all territories.
The marker shows the atlas location. Small countries may be too small for an outline at this scale. Map boundaries are illustrative.
People, languages and currency
The World Bank records 219,306 people for Samoa in 2025. This is the latest non-empty annual observation in Roam’s committed 2020–2025 download, rather than a live population counter. Dividing that population by the source area gives approximately 77 people per square kilometre. This calculated average does not describe how evenly people are distributed.
The language entries in the source are English and Samoan. They describe the dataset’s listed languages, not every language spoken by residents. The currency listed for this date is Samoan Tala (WST). Currency assignments are selected from Unicode CLDR’s date ranges for 23 October 2026; the three-letter codes identify currencies, not countries.
Test yourself
Cover the facts above and work through these five questions. Open each answer when you are ready to check it. You can use this section without JavaScript.
What is the capital of Samoa?
Reveal answer
Apia. Samoa is a country in Polynesia. Its capital is Apia.
Without looking at the image, how would you describe the flag of Samoa?
Reveal answer
The flag of Samoa has a red field. A blue rectangle, bearing a representation of the Southern Cross made up of five large and one smaller five-pointed white stars, is superimposed in the canton.
Which land neighbours of Samoa are included in this atlas?
Reveal answer
No land neighbours are listed in the source for Samoa. It is grouped in Polynesia, within Roam’s Oceania region.
Which languages does the source list for Samoa?
Reveal answer
English and Samoan. These are the source’s language entries, not a complete inventory of every language spoken in Samoa.
Which currency codes are listed for Samoa?
Reveal answer
Samoan Tala (WST). These assignments use Unicode CLDR’s legal-tender date ranges for 23 October 2026.
Try it from memory
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